December 2016

Fri Dec 30

They Don’t Make Kids’ Movies Like This Anymore: The Flight of the Navigator by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Excellent But Forgotten Ponies of The Hobbit by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Wanderlust and Writing: Following Your Blood Compass by Mark Tompkins

8 Huge Adult Ideas Taught to Us By the SFF Movies of Our Childhoods by Emily Asher-Perrin and Leah Schnelbach

The Tremendous Continuity of Science Fiction in Conversation With Itself by Jo Walton

Thu Dec 29

Finding Nerdy Common Ground with Tie-In Fiction by Sam Sykes

Preparing Your Book Event: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Authors by Lish McBride

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch / Holy Rewatch Batman! Extra: Alexander the Great by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 11 by Alice Arneson

Forbidden Love, Not Forbidden Lust: Of Course Jedi Can Have Sex by Emily Asher-Perrin

Books Coming in 2017 That We Want to Read Now, Please by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Dec 28

Animagi En Route to Mount Greylock: My Road Trip to Ilvermorny by Jason Denzel

Lifting Up the Enchanter’s Robe: Robert Nye’s Merlin by Matthew Keeley

Holy Rewatch Batman! Extra: “Batgirl” and “Wonder Woman” Promo Shorts by Keith R.A. DeCandido

19 SFF Stories That Take a Positive View of Religion by Leah Schnelbach

Five Books Starring Asexual Protagonists by Stubby the Rocket

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Movies and TV We’re Looking Forward to in 2017 by Stubby the Rocket

Tue Dec 27

Cooking a Bigass Piece of Meat: A Fantastical, Magical Process by Robert Jackson Bennett

A Matter of Perspective: The Unreal and the Real by Ursula K. Le Guin by Em Nordling

Carrie Fisher, 1956-2016 by Tor.com

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch Extra: Incubus by Keith R.A. DeCandido

What’s Your Strength Rating in Dungeons & Dragons? by Bella Wang

Sleeps With Monsters: Books I’m Looking Forward To In 2017 (That I Have Heard Of So Far And Remember) by Liz Bourke

Archivist Wasp to Pern: Five Potentially Amazing SFF Adaptations That Need To Happen by Foz Meadows

Mon Dec 26

He’s Been Away a While, But He’s Back Now. Doctor Who: “The Return of Doctor Mysterio” by Emily Asher-Perrin

Don’t Touch That Dial: Winter 2016 TV by Alex Brown

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 22-23 by Judith Tarr

Holy Rewatch Batman! Extra: The Green Hornet by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Crossing Television’s Threshold To Find Aliens Among Us by Theodore Krulik

The Collapsing Empire: Prologue by John Scalzi

Robert Jordan: The American Tolkien by Michael Livingston

Fri Dec 23

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Unkindest Tut of All” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Just Hear Those Slay Bells Jingling by Grady Hendrix

The Most Important Books We’ve Been Given for Christmas by Stubby the Rocket

The Medieval Origins of Xmas by Michael Livingston

Thu Dec 22

Captain Picard Singing a Holiday Classic? Make It So! by Stubby the Rocket

Top Comic Books of 2016 by Alex Brown

The Call of the Sea: Disney’s Moana by Mari Ness

“I Was a Schmuck! And Now, I’m Not a Schmuck!”: Scrooged by Leigh Butler

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 10 by Alice Arneson

Before the Last Breath: Revealing The End of the Day by Claire North by Niall Alexander

Every Year, Santa Brings Us One Important Thing: Real Magic by Emily Asher-Perrin

What’s the First Line of the Book You’re Reading Right Now? by Stubby the Rocket

The Morning in Publishing: December 22, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

Lights, Please? A Charlie Brown Christmas and the Search for Holiday Truths by Leah Schnelbach

Wed Dec 21

Gilded Cage by Vic James

Five Books with Fantastical and Fearsome Landscapes by Erin Summerill

The Same Thing We Do Every Aeon, Brain: Bentley Little’s “Petohtalrayn” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Pull List: Interdimensional Theater Geeks and Roadtripping Witches by Alex Brown

A Noir-Tinted Space Opera: After the Crown by K.B. Wagers by Liz Bourke

Terry Brooks is Bringing the Shannara Series to an End by Natalie Zutter

The Non-Holiday Movies We Always End Up Watching Over the Holidays by Stubby the Rocket

The Eagles of Middle-earth: Tolkien’s Special Ops by Jeff LaSala

The Morning in Publishing: December 21, 2016 by Leah Schnelbach

The Thing About Growing up in Jokertown by Carrie Vaughn

Tue Dec 20

Tor’s Best- and Worst-Selling Author: A Conversation Between Tom Doherty and L.E. Modesitt Jr. by Stefan Raets

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “More Tribbles, More Troubles” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Is Survival Victory Enough? The Man In The High Castle: Season Two by Leah Schnelbach

Princess Mononoke to Return to Theaters in January 2017! by Leah Schnelbach

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Six by Emily Asher-Perrin

In Absentia: Revealing The Rift by Nina Allan by Niall Alexander

Rogue One Really, Really Wants You to Like It—And That’s A Problem by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: Glorious Space Fights by Liz Bourke

Join Susan Dennard on Her Windwitch Tour! by Tor.com

The Wheel of Time: English to Old Tongue Dictionary by Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk and Maria Simons

This Morning in Publishing: December 20, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

Caligo Lane by Ellen Klages

Mon Dec 19

Mary Robinette Kowal is Bringing Alastair Reynolds’ Diamond Dogs to the Stage with Puppets by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 20-21 by Judith Tarr

How Rogue One Connects to the Star Wars Past, Present, and Future by Michael Moreci

Revealing New Covers for K.W. Jeter’s George Dower Trilogy by Tor.com

Miranda and Caliban by Jacqueline Carey

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Classics That Would Make Great Video Games by Chris Lough

It’s Not Just Science Fiction, It’s Life. Highlights from Tor.com’s Articles in 2016 by Tor.com

Rick Deckard Comes Out of Hiding in the First Blade Runner 2049 Teaser Trailer by Natalie Zutter

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapter 16 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

6 Ways to Keep Your Star Wars Buzz Going After Rogue One by Stubby the Rocket

This Morning in Publishing: December 19, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

Moral Quandaries and Baby Unicorns: Revisiting the Dungeons & Dragons Animated Series by Reneysh Vittal

Fri Dec 16

Celebrate A Good Old-Fashioned Victorian Christmas With Drunken Birds and Angry Goats! by Leah Schnelbach

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Sport of Penguins” / “A Horse of a Different Color” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Rogue One is the Most Beautiful Star Wars Movie You’ve Ever Seen, But It’s Also the Most Sparse by Emily Asher-Perrin

Hulu Sets Premiere Date for The Handmaid’s Tale by Natalie Zutter

David Tennant and the Rest of the New DuckTales Cast Adorably Sing the Theme Song by Natalie Zutter

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Twelve by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

The Holidays Bring People Together in the Sense8 Christmas Special by Stubby the Rocket

Home for the Holidays: The Sibling by Grady Hendrix

Hermione Granger Wants You to Do Your Own F*cking Homework by Emily Asher-Perrin

This Morning in Publishing: December 16, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

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Super Mario Bros Always Predicts the Next Jurassic Park Movie by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Dec 15

Pamela Paul Shares How The New York Times Book Review Chooses Its Best Books of the Year by Natalie Zutter

This Anglo-Saxon Version of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” Might Be More Epic Than Beowulf by Stubby the Rocket

A Slightly Convoluted Meditation on Stereotypes: Disney’s Zootopia by Mari Ness

Check Out the Trailer for Mary and the Witch’s Flower, a New Film from Studio Ghibli Alums by Leah Schnelbach

Daenerys’ Invasion of Westeros Detailed in New Game of Thrones Set Pic by Stubby the Rocket

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 9 by Alice Arneson

All of Tor.com’s Original Short Fiction from 2016 by Tor.com

The Witches of Winter by Maria Alexander

This Morning in Publishing: December 15, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

The Best YA SFF of 2016 by Alex Brown

Wed Dec 14

Martians Abroad by Carrie Vaughn

“First We Survive, Then We Find Our Humanity Again”: The 100 Season 4 Trailer by Natalie Zutter

By Their Smell Shall Ye Know Them: Cherie Priest’s “Bad Sushi” by Anne M. Pillsworth and Ruthanna Emrys

Shirley Jackson’s Haunted Houses and Haunted Psyches by Leah Schnelbach

Blizzard Entertainment Announces Book Publishing Label by Stubby the Rocket

The Autobiography of a Traitor and a Half-Savage by Alix E. Harrow

WIRED Envisions the Future in Its First-Ever Science Fiction Issue by Natalie Zutter

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Eleven by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn to Star in Gotham City Sirens Movie by Emily Asher-Perrin

5 Recent Books That Can’t Stop Producing Alternate Timelines by Stubby the Rocket

The Morning in Publishing: December 14, 2016 by Leah Schnelbach

All of Tor.com Publishing’s Fiction from 2016 by Tor.com

Tue Dec 13

Super City Cops: Avenging Amethyst by Keith R.A. DeCandido

The Librarians Creator John Rogers to Serve as The Kingkiller Chronicle Showrunner by Natalie Zutter

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “The Lorelei Signal” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Join V.E. Schwab on Her A Conjuring of Light Tour! by Tor.com

Chasing Shadows: “FeastWar” by Vylar Kaftan

The Wheel of Time Reread Redux: The Shadow Rising, Part 10 by Leigh Butler

Poor Strangers: We Have Always Lived in the Castle and White is for Witching by Em Nordling

New York Public Library and Macmillan to Launch Publishing Partnership by Stubby the Rocket

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Five by Emily Asher-Perrin

Sleeps With Monsters: 2016 in Retrospect by Liz Bourke

Women of Harry Potter: Luna Lovegood’s Relentless Optimism by Sarah Gailey

The Morning in Publishing: December 13, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

A Beginner’s Guide to the Characters, Settings, and Timelines of Recluce by Natalie Zutter

Mon Dec 12

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 18-19 by Judith Tarr

Communication and Faith in Arrival by Michael Moreci

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapters 11-15 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Dream-casting Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn: The Final Empire by Lyndsey Luther and Ross Newberry

The James Tiptree Jr. Book Club; or, A Mitochondrial Theory of Literature by Brian Attebery

Sherlock Reveals His Darkest Secret in New Season 4 Teaser by Natalie Zutter

Deadpool is a Golden Globe Nominee in the Same Category as Meryl Streep by Natalie Zutter

Poetry, Rejection, and Looking Forward: A Conversation with L.E. Modesitt, Jr. by Matthew Cheney

Authors, Texts, and Shifts in Meaning: The Storytelling of Westworld by Alasdair Stuart

This Morning in Publishing: December 12, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

Tor.com Staff Picks: Some of the Best Books We Got a Chance to Read in 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

Ask Me to Sing “Let it Go” One More Time, Elf. by Leah Schnelbach

Fri Dec 9

Neil Gaiman Reads Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” by Emily Asher-Perrin

This Week in the Arrowverse: Back to Our Regularly Scheduled Villains by Molly Templeton

Oscar-Winner Paul Haggis to Direct Film Adaptation of Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker by Stubby the Rocket

Holy Rewatch Batman! “The Wail of the Siren” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Wesley Snipes Co-Authors Supernatural Debut Novel, Out in 2017 From Harper Voyager by Stubby the Rocket

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Robot Christmas by Leah Schnelbach

Brandon Sanderson Has Completed the First Draft of Oathbringer, Book 3 of The Stormlight Archive by Tor.com

Deep Space Nine Holiday Parody is Here to Spread Some Cheer! by Emily Asher-Perrin

Mad World, Revisited: Donnie Darko Turns 15 by Alasdair Stuart

War for the Planet of the Apes Premieres a Dark and Moody Trailer by Leah Schnelbach

Light and Darkness in The New York Times’ Profiles on Astrophysicist Sara Seager by Leah Schnelbach

The Trouble With Yetis: Do You Want to Build a Snowman? by Grady Hendrix

Tony Stark Does Not Hug Peter Parker in the First Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Morning in Publishing: December 9, 2016 by Leah Schnelbach

Westworld and Superintelligence: Life Finds a Way by Swapna Krishna

Agent Mulder Would Approve of This by Stubby the Rocket

Thu Dec 8

John Glenn, 1921-2016 by Tor.com

First Preserved Dinosaur Tail Found in Amber — Covered in Feathers! by Emily Asher-Perrin

Breaking Away from Your Programming: Wreck-It Ralph by Mari Ness

Hearts of Darkness: The Short Fiction of Shirley Jackson by Martin Cahill

Go On Home and Stop Smoking Scrolls: The Golden Child by Leigh Butler

Battle Hill Bolero by Daniel José Older

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 8 by Alice Arneson

Musical Monsters: Revealing the Cover for Cassandra Khaw’s A Song for Quiet by Tor.com

Agents of Chaos: Babylon’s Ashes by James S. A. Corey by Niall Alexander

Cixin Liu Ponders Robotic Revolution and Human Purpose by Stubby the Rocket

My Invisible Foes Fear Me: On Swordplay and Storytelling by Chris Sharp

Whose Side Are You On? New Trailer for The Expanse Season 2 by Natalie Zutter

The Morning in Publishing: December 8, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

5 Times We Earthlings Messed Up a Fantasy World by Stubby the Rocket

Merry Krampus-mas! by Stubby the Rocket

Wed Dec 7

Patrick Rothfuss and Cards Against Humanity Release Special Sci-Fi Pack by Natalie Zutter

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season Four Midseason Finale: Ghost Skulls Roasting on an Open Fire! by Alan Brown

Is A Real Utopia Possible? In Conversation with Malka Older, Ada Palmer, and Robert Charles Wilson by Tor.com

Comes in Twelves: Christmas Days by Jeanette Winterson by Lee Mandelo

Flipper & Cthulhu, Sitting in a Tree: James Wade’s “The Deep Ones” by Ruthanna Emrys and Anne M. Pillsworth

Five Books Featuring Improbable Twists on History and Myth by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

How Supergirl’s Alex Danvers Made a Queer Teen Realize She’s Not Alone by Natalie Zutter

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Ten (Part Two) by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Speculative Fiction in Translation: 9 Works to Watch Out for in 2017 by Rachel Cordasco

Peter Parker Gets an Upgrade in the First Spider-Man: Homecoming Teaser by Natalie Zutter

Casting Patrick Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicle by Bridget McGovern

This Morning in Publishing: December 7, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

The Story of Kao Yu by Peter S. Beagle

Tue Dec 6

Going Home: Mercedes Lackey’s Tempest: All-New Tales of Valdemar by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Unpacking the Possibilities for the Kingkiller Chronicles with Lin-Manuel Miranda by Alasdair Stuart

Mass Effect Novels by N. K. Jemisin and Catherynne M. Valente Coming in 2017 by Emily Asher-Perrin

Star Trek The Original Series Rewatch: “One of Our Planets is Missing” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Clockmakers Lie: Ian Tregillis’ The Liberation by Alex Brown

Discovering Fantasy Through Science Fiction: Mr. Modesitt and Me by Matthew Cheney

The VanderMeers Fully Fund The Octavia Project for 2017 by Leah Schnelbach

What You Need to Know Before Transformers: The Last Knight by Alasdair Stuart

Whatever Walked There, Walked Alone: The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson by Lee Mandelo

Social Media Becomes Surveillance in the First Trailer for The Circle by Natalie Zutter

Rereading Frank Herbert’s Dune: Dune, Part Four by Emily Asher-Perrin

The Future’s So Bright: Last Year by Robert Charles Wilson by Stefan Raets

Sleeps With Monsters: Cloaks and Daggers by Liz Bourke

George R.R. Martin Gives Updates on The Winds of Winter and Picks His Favorite Warriors by Leah Schnelbach

Expanded Course in the History of Black Science Fiction: Mama Day by Nisi Shawl

Mon Dec 5

Rereading Katherine Kurtz: Camber the Heretic, Chapters 16-17 by Judith Tarr

There’s a Place: Five Stories High, Edited by Jonathan Oliver by Niall Alexander

Rereading the Vorkosigan Saga: The Vor Game, Chapters 9 and 10 by Ellen Cheeseman-Meyer

Skullsworn by Brian Staveley

Westworld Season 1, Episode 10: “The Bicameral Mind” by Theresa DeLucci

Felons in the Forest: Adam Thorpe’s Radical Take on Robin Hood by Matthew Keeley

We Have a New Trailer for The Mummy! by Stubby the Rocket

Jeff and Ann VanderMeer Announce a New Anthology, The Big Book of Classic Fantasy by Leah Schnelbach

Tor.com Reviewers’ Choice: The Best Books of 2016 by Tor.com

A Beginner’s Guide to the Fantasy Worlds of L.E. Modesitt, Jr. by Natalie Zutter

Sat Dec 3

The Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 Trailer is Here! by Stubby the Rocket

Fri Dec 2

Merriam-Webster Tackles Worldbuilding by Natalie Zutter

Fiction Affliction: Genre-Benders for December by Tor.com

This Week in the Arrowverse: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes by Molly Templeton

Holy Rewatch Batman! “Ring Around the Riddler” by Keith R.A. DeCandido

Your First Look at Elisabeth Moss as Offred in Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale by Natalie Zutter

All the Birds in the Sky and Ghost Talkers Among the Best SFF Audiobooks of 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

The Horrors of Healthcare: William Woolfolk’s The Sendai by Grady Hendrix

Malazan Reread of the Fallen: Assail, Chapter Ten (Part One) by Amanda Rutter and Bill Capossere

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in Talks to Apparate to Broadway by Natalie Zutter

New Brandon Sanderson Interview on Google Discover Drops Stormlight 3 Hint by Stubby the Rocket

Revealing Kat Howard’s An Unkindness of Magicians by Tor.com

Five Books About Human Horror by J.A. Rock

This Morning in Publishing: December 2, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

Gateways in the Library: The Beast Master by Andre Norton by Alan Brown

Thu Dec 1

Aurora Australis: The Year’s Deep Breath Before the Plunge by Alexandra Pierce

Did You Win NaNoWriMo? Let Agent Eric Smith Guide You Through Your Next Steps! by Leah Schnelbach

Harry Potter Parties Are Happening in U.S. Barnes & Noble Stores Next Week by Emily Asher-Perrin

Hunting for Honey in the Franchise: Disney’s Winnie the Pooh (2011) by Mari Ness

Barnes & Noble Bookseller’s Picks for December by Tor.com

Logic Makes Monsters: Announcing Mandelbrot the Magnificent by Liz Ziemska by Carl Engle-Laird

Warbreaker Reread: Chapter 7 by Alice Arneson

The Christmas Soundtrack to The Lost Child of Lychford by Paul Cornell

(Almost) Every SFF Adaptation Coming to Television and Movie Theaters! by Natalie Zutter

This Morning in Publishing: December 1, 2016 by Stubby the Rocket

The Towers of the Sunset by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. is the Tor.com Ebook Club Pick for December! by Tor.com